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Częstochowa (/ ˌ tʃ ɛ n s t ə ˈ k oʊ v ə / CHEN-stə-KOH-və, Polish: [t͡ʂɛ̃stɔˈxɔva] ⓘ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship.
'Miraculous Image of the Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Crystal Mountain'), also known as Our Lady of Częstochowa (Polish: Matka Boska Częstochowska) is a venerated icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, Poland.
Częstochowa – miasto na prawach powiatu w południowej Polsce, w województwie śląskim, siedziba powiatu częstochowskiego. W latach 1975–1998 stolica i siedziba władz województwa częstochowskiego .
The Jasna Góra Monastery (Polish: Jasna Góra [ˈjas.na ˈɡu.ra] ⓘ, Luminous or Light Mountain, Latin: Clarus Mons) in Częstochowa, Poland, is a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary and one of the country's places of pilgrimage.
Today Częstochowa is a city with 250 000 inhabitants, an important economic, cultural, service and administration center in the area. Is also a destination for millions of pilgrims who annually visit Częstochowa.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa. Our Shrine, dedicated to the Blessed Mother – in Her title of Our Lady of Czestochowa, has been established in 1955. Since then, it has been a place of pilgrimage not just for the Polish-American community but for all different nationalities.
Częstochowa, city, Śląskie województwo (province), south-central Poland. The city originally consisted of two settlements—Old Częstochowa, founded in the 13th century, and Jasna Góra (Polish: “Shining Mountain”), founded in the 14th—which were merged in 1826.
Home to the sacred icon of ‘Our Lady of Częstochowa’, the Monastery of Jasna Góra is the third-largest Catholic pilgrimage site in the world and the center of Polish Catholicism. Offering scenic views over the monastery complex, the 106-meter bell tower is the tallest historic church tower in Poland. The Image of Our Lady Black Madonna of ...
One of Poland’s largest and most vibrant Jewish communities lived in Częstochowa up until the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the ensuing Holocaust. From the 18th century, followers of traditional Judaism, Hasidic Jews, Reform Jews, Catholics and Protestants lived together in relative peace.
In present times, Częstochowa is a town with population of 220.000 and a vibrant acamedic, cultural and industrial hub. Thanks to well developed accomodation and gastronomical facilities, as well as convenient communication routes, Częstochowa is truly a gate to Krakow-Częstochowa Uplands.
